Some new medical setbacks
Well the hits just keep on coming
Earlier this week I noticed that the output from my abscess changed from the usual lovely infected yellow to fecal brown color. Woo hoo!
I had a barium enema and a fistulagram performed on Thursday. The results of which showed that my small-bowel has formed a fistula to my long existing abscess.
The plan is to limit my food intake to a liquid diet in the hope that it will heal on its own. If it doesn't heal, they will admit me to the hospital again and put my on IV nutrition or TPN to shut down my bowels and encourage them to to heal. The final option would be surgery (This is an option no one wants to pursue with my unique anatomy).
As you can imagine this has been a pretty miserable experience for me, but I was relieved to hear that it could heal without a hospital stay or surgery. I am definitely not out of the woods yet and appreciate all of your love, support, and prayers.
Livestrong,
Andrew
Earlier this week I noticed that the output from my abscess changed from the usual lovely infected yellow to fecal brown color. Woo hoo!
I had a barium enema and a fistulagram performed on Thursday. The results of which showed that my small-bowel has formed a fistula to my long existing abscess.
The plan is to limit my food intake to a liquid diet in the hope that it will heal on its own. If it doesn't heal, they will admit me to the hospital again and put my on IV nutrition or TPN to shut down my bowels and encourage them to to heal. The final option would be surgery (This is an option no one wants to pursue with my unique anatomy).
As you can imagine this has been a pretty miserable experience for me, but I was relieved to hear that it could heal without a hospital stay or surgery. I am definitely not out of the woods yet and appreciate all of your love, support, and prayers.
Livestrong,
Andrew
posted by Andrew Molenda at 7:53 PM
3 Comments:
Andrew,
As always, our prayers continue to be with you.
~Robin Bartlett
Thanks for taking the time to post. Y'all are always in our prayers here, too. I'm hoping for the best, expecting it too.
Livestrong,
Jodi, Benny, and boys
I hope that your bowel can heal without surgery, Andrew. I also have cancer (chondrosarcoma), so my prayers will be with you. Feel free to come and visit my blog. I often discuss what it's like to have an incurable cancer but it's not depressing or self-pitying. After all, we both woke up this morning and have lived to see another day. I think that means we can still be counted among the lucky.
Take care!
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